Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Excel Skills for Business from Google Lab, Macquarie University

Learn Excel skills for business. Master Excel to add a valuable asset to your employment portfolio.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Sophisticated spreadsheet design
  • Performing complex calculations
  • Managing large databases
  • Data display and information extraction
  • Data validation and error prevention
  • Creating automation and applying advanced formulas
  • Decision support and forecasting

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Data Analyst
  • Project Manager
  • Accountant
  • Finance Manager
  • Business planner
  • Marketing Manager
  • Sales Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Software developer
  • Business consultant
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Information Systems Manager
  • Data Manager
  • Systems Analyst
  • Productivity Manager

Internship – 4-part course series

This internship is for anyone interested in developing essential digital skills. Spreadsheet software remains one of the most commonly used software programs in workplaces around the world. Learning how to operate this software confidently will add a valuable asset to your employment portfolio.

In the United States alone, millions of job postings are posted every day that require Excel skills. Research shows that digital skills lead to higher incomes and more employment opportunities.

Skills learned in the internship

  • Sophisticated spreadsheet design
  • Performing complex calculations
  • Managing large databases
  • Data display and information extraction
  • Data validation and error prevention
  • Create automation and apply advanced formulas
  • Decision support and forecasting

Hands-on Learning Project

The best way to learn Excel is to use it. During the internship, students will solve business problems while applying the Excel skills and techniques they have learned. The internship includes downloadable worksheets and datasets with practical examples and challenging exercises.

This gives students many opportunities to practice their Excel skills and discover new productivity features in various business contexts.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Excel Skills for Business: Basics

Course 1
26 hours
4.9 (48,968 ratings)

What will you learn?

In the first course of the Excel for Business Skills specialization, you will learn the basics of Microsoft Excel. In six weeks, you will be able to navigate the Excel user interface, perform basic calculations with formulas and functions, design spreadsheets professionally, and create data visualizations using graphs and charts.

The course includes downloadable worksheets and data with examples and practical challenges, giving learners opportunities to practice their Excel skills.

Skills you will acquire

  • Graphs
  • Spreadsheet
  • Microsoft Excel
  • diagram

Excel Skills for Business: Intermediate I

Course 2
27 hours
4.9 (17,033 ratings)

What will you learn?

In the second course, you will build on the strong foundations of the “Fundamentals” course. You will uncover a wide range of skills and techniques that will become part of your daily use of Excel.

Skills you will acquire

  • Attachment
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Bound
  • Pivot table
  • Pivot graph

Excel Skills for Business: Intermediate II

Course 3
28 hours
4.8 (8,178 ratings)

What will you learn?

This course will expose you to new worlds and advanced possibilities for using Excel. You will be able to check and prevent errors, create automation, apply advanced formulas, and create sheets that help predict and model data.

Skills you will acquire

  • Lookup table
  • Microsoft Excel Vba
  • Data verification
  • Microsoft Excel macro

Excel Skills for Business: Advanced

Course 4
25 hours
4.7 (5,890 ratings)

What will you learn?

In the advanced course, we will teach you to become a proficient Excel user. You will learn advanced formula techniques, clean and prepare data for analysis, and work with dates and financial functions.

Skills you will acquire

  • Dashboard (Business)
  • Financial model
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Data Cleanup